The Cabbage Patch
c1920s. Vintage bromoil, titled and signed in pencil on backing below image, 22.4 x 23.7cm. Slight foxing, tipped to original backing. British-born Arthur Smith was a member of the Photographic Society of NSW and a regular writer for the Australasian Photo-Review. In the early 1930s, he wrote a series of articles entitled ‘Letters from an uncle’, one of which, ‘Photography in the city’ (March 1930) became “a classic insight into the Pictorialists’ compositional ideals with sunshine balanced against shadow, lights against darks.” Smith “never lost his love of English atmosphere. He was reputed to have lit fires in fields to obtain the effect desired.” Ref: G. Newton (Photo-web).
Item #CL195-158
Price (AUD): $1,350.00 other currencies